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SteelTown · #**601** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 4:35 PM**

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/busi...vative-future/?__twitter_impression=true

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Gowling specified that the building be extremely energy efficient, built to LEED principles, with a focus on employee comfort and well-being. Natural light is essential, so it will have lots of glass, but the building will incorporate solar shades to take the heat load off the building in the summer. Gowling will lease the two upper floors of the 90,000-square-foot building and other tenants and amenities, including a café, will take space in lower levels.

The project is still in the site-planning process and construction is expected to begin in the spring. There’s a tight deadline as Gowling’s lease expires at the end of 2021. “The last building we did was similar in size – 100,000 square feet – and that took 18 months to build, so it’s very doable, assuming we don’t run into events beyond our control,” Mr. Conrad says.

NortheastWind · #**602** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 5:40 PM**

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Globe and Mail article on Gowlings and renders of their new building in MIP

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/busi...vative-future/?__twitter_impression=true

“Judy Lam, manager of commercial districts and small business for the City of Hamilton” says, “it seems that every surface parking lot downtown has been sold for planned development. I think you won’t recognize the downtown in a couple of years.”

A couple of years seems optimistic, but good to hear none-the-less.

Dr Awesomesauce · #**603** Posted **Feb 12, 2020, 12:10 AM**

^Oooooh I like that last part about the parking lots!

LikeHamilton · #**604** Posted **Mar 3, 2020, 1:26 AM**

McMaster Innovation Park has bought 44 Frid Street, The Hamilton Spectator building. It will be officially announced tomorrow at 9 AM at their Longwood offices. They will be releasing some renderings of the proposed Frid Street building plus new renderings of the park.

drpgq · #**605** Posted **Mar 3, 2020, 2:04 PM**

Wow that's amazing. I was wondering who would pay $25 million for that building. Also I wish they would finish the Frid Street extension even without the LRT.

SteelTown · #**606** Posted **Mar 3, 2020, 2:40 PM**

https://twitter.com/MIP_Hamilton

SteelTown · #**607** Posted **Mar 3, 2020, 2:45 PM**

https://twitter.com/keaninloomis

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Hawrylyshyn · #**609** Posted **Mar 3, 2020, 3:14 PM**

That looks great! Plus the extension of Frid St. is very obvious

yomsen · #**610** Posted **Mar 3, 2020, 3:57 PM**

I'm very happy to see the spec building go to MIP. That said, it does seem a little isolated from the current park buildings (only 3 out of 9 or so in their render even exist yet). And who knows when Frid st. will finally be extended? Does anyone who was at the meeting this morning know what they plan to use the spec building for?

LikeHamilton · #**611** Posted **Mar 3, 2020, 3:58 PM**

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Wow that's amazing. I was wondering who would pay $25 million for that building. Also I wish they would finish the Frid Street extension even without the LRT.

Frid Street extension has to have a bridge over the creek that runs through it. They have to keep the green space and creek. The bridge is over $5 Million to build. No one has it in their budget to do Frid Street.

drpgq · #**612** Posted **Mar 3, 2020, 4:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by LikeHamilton

Frid Street extension has to have a bridge over the creek that runs through it. They have to keep the green space and creek. The bridge is over $5 Million to build. No one has it in their budget to do Frid Street.

Crud. I wonder if they could through up something for pedestrians and cyclists that would be temporary and a lot cheaper. For me, I'm actually more interested in biking on that route rather than having to brave Aberdeen.

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Dr Awesomesauce · #**614** Posted **Mar 4, 2020, 1:02 AM**

^Love it!

I've always hoped the whole area would become part of Innovation Park.

LikeHamilton · #**615** Posted **Mar 17, 2020, 5:19 PM**

MIP's future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbLZEznT...GAQbxDHwBJTaCIOjmBZli7sCtNxTD9k_5QilgsZ8

NortheastWind · #**616** Posted **Apr 15, 2020, 2:57 PM**

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^Love it!

I've always hoped the whole area would become part of Innovation Park.

My sentiments exactly. It would be nice to see the whole area repurposed. There is so much potential.

LikeHamilton · #**617** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 3:17 AM**

McMaster Innovation Park lands first tenant for Frid Street facility

By Rick Zamperin 900 CHML Posted July 13, 2020

McMaster Innovation Park (MIP) has landed the first tenant for its new facility in the former Hamilton Spectator building.

MIP and Laurentis Energy Partners, a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation, have announced a new two-year research collaboration to advance nuclear energy innovations.

The partnership will identify long-term solutions on how materials are handled in the nuclear industry.

“McMaster is a national leader in all things nuclear and we’re recognized globally for our track record of excellence in nuclear research, training and safety,” said Karen Mossman, McMaster’s vice-president of research. “This partnership with Laurentis allows our researchers to respond to real-time industry problems, contribute to the long-term solutions and define best practices for the nuclear sector.”

Right now, byproducts of day-to-day operations that are considered low-level waste are sorted by hand before they are recycled, incinerated or compacted.

“This is another step in MIP’s journey to encourage collaboration between industry and academia to solve real-world problems,” said Ty Shattuck, MIP’s CEO. “We’ve had great success in fostering relationships and we’re keen to continue doing that across the sectors to create innovation and economic development opportunities for Hamilton and the region.”

Shattuck announced in March that MIP planned to transform the six-acre Frid Street property into a “life sciences innovation megahub.”

The two-year partnership aims to develop a less time-consuming and labour-intensive method of sorting.

The custom-designed research laboratory at McMaster Innovation Park’s 44 Frid St. facility will open later this summer. It will include state-of-the-art equipment and bring together 30 new Laurentis employees and McMaster experts.

Torstar Corporation announced in April that it had an agreement to sell the land and building at 44 Frid St. for $25.5 million.

2020 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7170363/mcmaster-innovation-park-first-tenant-frid-street/

Dr Awesomesauce · #**618** Posted **Jul 14, 2020, 11:32 PM**

Cool!

SteelTown · #**619** Posted **Aug 5, 2020, 4:32 AM**

Looks like they are mapping out the land to start the big dig, I believe it'll have one or two levels of underground parking.

ScreamingViking · #**620** Posted **Aug 9, 2020, 10:14 PM**

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Looks like they are mapping out the land to start the big dig, I believe it'll have one or two levels of underground parking.

The image isn't coming through, though it appears in my quote of your post. What part of the park is this?